of america was among the worst performers on loan modifications, up 14%. >>> time now for trader talk and it's george kachupe from the r and b group joining us. so the dow did it on monday and now the [indiscernible] 500 reaching new highs for 2009. >> morning, beejal. hi. we got a follow through signal this last monday of this week. the first time since last monday, the first attempted rally, reversal date, that was november 2. a lot of volume came in and they had a reversal. they had a correction going on for about three weeks and looked like it might be a much stronger correction than it turns out to be. this week we had volume come in, still kind of light but the s&p is again encroaching on 1100 and the traders are looking to see if we can hold it. the dow over 1000 you got to like this market. >> we're watching a continued drop in the u.s. dollar on the verge of making new lows for this year. is that concerning at all? >> it is concerning, in terms for the u.s. economy, but it's believed by all the traders at least, that despite what the government, the treasury or the fed says, that th